Legal Opinion · Dissent
Gyabaah v. Rivlab Transportation Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 10, 2013Published
1DissentAndrias, J.
Because I believe that there was a binding settlement of plaintiffs claims against defendant Rivlab Transportation Corp. (Rivlab), which plaintiff sought to avoid simply because she changed her mind after she was told that she could get more money, I respectfully dissent and would reverse the order which denied the motion of nonparty appellant law firm Jeffrey A. Aronsky, PC. (Aronsky) for an order enforcing the settlement and setting the legal fees to which Aronsky is entitled.
On August 11, 2010, plaintiff was hit by a bus owned by Rivlab. She retained Aronsky to represent her on a one-third…
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